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Felipe J. Perez

Felipe J. Perez

Professor of Structural Engineering

Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Email

fperez@cpp.edu

Phone number

909.869.2633

Office location

17-2659

Office hours

M | 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM T | 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM W | 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM TH | 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

Education and Professional Registration

Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, May 2004.

 

M.S., Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, May 2004.

 

B.S., Civil Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA, May 1996

 

P.E., Registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses

Statics

Structural Analysis I

Structural Analysis II

Structural Analysis II Laboratory

Design of Steel Structures

Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Senior Project

Special Topics

 

Graduate Courses

Advanced Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Prestressed Concrete Design

M.S. Project

 

Advisor

EERI-CPP Earthquake Engineering Research Institute at Cal Poly Pomona (2008-2025)

EERI Seismic Design Competition Team (2008-2025)

 

Co-Advisor

ASCE Concrete Canoe Team (2023-2025)

Honors and Awards

Recognition of Appreciation Award, Broncos' Intercollegiate Athletics Program, Cal Poly Pomona 2022-23

Academic Advisor of the Year, Civil Engineering, 2021-2022

Professor of the Year, Civil Engineering, 2018-2019

Nominated for Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching , Cal Poly Pomona 2018

Innovation in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona 2012

Outstanding Faculty Award, Broncos’ Intercollegiate Athletics Program, Cal Poly Pomona 2011

Chi Epsilon’s James M. Robbins Pacific District Excellence in Teaching Award 2011

Best New Professor Award, ASCE Student Chapter, Cal Poly Pomona 2009

Tau Beta Pi

General Electric Fund Fellow

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow

NASA Fellow through the Undergraduate Student Researchers Program

Selected Publications

Villa, D.S., Perez, F.J., and Lomiento, G., "P-M Interaction Diagrams for Reinforced Concrete Walls Retrofitted with Externally Bonded Carbon-Reinforced Polymer," Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction, Feb., 2024. DOI: 10.14455/ISEC.2024.11(1).STR-17.

 

Perez, F.J., Nguyen, D.V., and Mora, O.E., "Vision-Based Calibration Study for Structural Displacement Measurement," Proceedings for the 1st Cal Poly Pomona Civil Engineering Conference, Sept. 12, 2022.

 

Perez, F.J. and Mora O.E., "A Vision-Based System for Structural Displacement Measurement," Proceedings, 7th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE'22) Virtual Conference, April 10-12, 2022.

 

Perez, F.J., Salem, Y.S., Myers, B.J., Aguilar, C., Jones, G., Ginocchio, D., Medina, E., and Chin, K., “Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of a Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Building,” Accepted for Proceedings in American Society for Engineering Education, Apr. 2018.
 
Salem, Y.S. and Perez, F.J., “Seismic Retrofit of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Dual Frame Building using Fiber Composite Jacketing,” Accepted for Proceedings in American Society for Engineering Education, Apr. 2018.
 
Perez, F.J. and Mauricio, O., “Verification of a Simple Model for the Lateral Load Analysis and Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” Approved for publication, PCI Journal, Precast-Prestressed Concrete Institute, Oct. 2018 edition.
 
Alvarez-Sanchez, R., Vega, M., Restrepo, J.I., and Perez, F.J., “Virtual Hybrid Simulation in an OpenSees/Abaqus Platform for a Parking Structure in Mexicali, B.C.” Spanish article in Proceedings, The XXI National Congress of Seismic Engineering, Guadalajara, Jal. Mex., Sept. 2017.
 
Perez, F. J., Pessiki, S., and Sause, R., “Experimental Lateral Load Response of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Nov.-Dec. 2013 issue, Vol. 110, No.6.
 
Perez, F. J., Sause, R., and Pessiki, S., “Analytical and Experimental Lateral Load Behavior of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, 2013 PCI Convention and National Bridge Conference Proceedings.
 
Perez, F. J., Sause, R., and Pessiki, S., “Analytical and Experimental Lateral Load Behavior of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Special Issue: Precast-Prestressed Concrete Structures under Natural and Human-Made Hazards, Vol. 133, No. 11, Nov. 2007.
 
Perez, F. J., Pessiki, S., and Sause, R., “Lateral Load Behavior of Unbonded Post-
Tensioned Precast Walls with Vertical Joints,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute, Mar.-Apr. 2004.
 
Perez, F. J., Pessiki, S., and Sause, R., “Seismic Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned
Precast Walls with Vertical Joint Connectors,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute, Jan.-Feb. 2004.
 
Perez, F. J., Pessiki, S., Sause, R., and Lu, L.-W., “Lateral Load Tests of Unbonded Post-
Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” ACI Special Publication on Large-Scale Structural
Testing, presented at ACI Spring 2003 Convention, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Apr. 2003.
 
Perez, F. J., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., and Lu, L.-W., “Lateral Load Behavior of Unbonded
Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” Proceedings, International Conference on
Advances in Building Technology, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 2002.